Brian Phillips (swimmer)
Canadian swimmer (born 1954)
Brian Phillips
Full name Brian Phillips National team Canada Born (1954-03-30 ) March 30, 1954 (age 70) Winnipeg , Manitoba Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle
Brian Phillips (born March 30, 1954) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who won four medals in major international championship events during the early 1970s. Phillips won a total of six medals in major international championships, including the FINA World Championships , Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games .
As a 17-year-old at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, Phillips won silver medals as a member of the second-place Canadian teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle and 4x200-metre freestyle relay events. The following year, he represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he competed in three events. He was again a member of the Canadian relay teams in the 4x100 and 4x200-metre freestyle relay events, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively, in the event finals.[1]
In 1973, he won a bronze medal swimming for the Canadian team in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade. In his final international appearance at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, he won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with teammates Bruce Robertson , Gary MacDonald and Ian MacKenzie , and another gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay with Robertson, Steve Pickell and William Mahony . Individually, he also won a bronze in the men's 100-metre freestyle.
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1962–1966: 4×110 yards
1970–present: 4×100 metres
1962 : Dickson , Rose , Doak , Phelps (AUS )
1966 : Dickson , Ryan , Wenden , Windle (AUS )
1970 : White , Rogers , Wenden , Devenish (AUS )
1974 : Phillips , Robertson , MacDonald , MacKenzie (CAN )
1978 : Sawchuk , MacDonald , Smith , Szmidt (CAN )
1982 : Brewer , Fasala , Delany , Brooks (AUS )
1986 : Fasala , Stockwell , Renshaw , Brooks (AUS )
1990 : Baildon , Fydler , Vander-Wal , Cooper (AUS )
1994 : Baildon , Fydler , Lange , Sheehan (AUS )
1998 : Callus , Fydler , Thorpe , Klim (AUS )
2002 : Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Zandberg , Ferns , Schoeman , Neethling (RSA )
2010 : Richardson , Sullivan , D'Orsogna , Magnussen (AUS )
2014 : D'Orsogna , Abood , Magnussen , McEvoy (AUS )
2018 : McEvoy , Magnussen , Cartwright , Chalmers (AUS )
2022 : Southam , Incerti , Yang , Chalmers (AUS )
1934: 3×100 yards
1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards
1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards
1970 – present: 4×100 metres
1934 : Gazell , Burleigh , Puddy (CAN )
1938 : Dove , Davies , Taylor (ENG )
1950 : Hale , Kendall , Romain (ENG )
1954 : Weld , Hawkins , Henricks (AUS )
1958 : Chapman , Monckton , Devitt , Gathercole (AUS )
1962 : Dickson , O'Brien , Carroll , Berry (AUS )
1966 : Gilchrist , Chase , Hutton , Jacks (CAN )
1970 : MacDonald , Kasting , Mahony , Kennedy (CAN )
1974 : Phillips , Robertson , Pickell , Mahony (CAN )
1978 : Sawchuk , Thompson , Smith , Tapp (CAN )
1982 : Orbell , Sieben , Brooks , Evans (AUS )
1986 : Tewksbury , Davis , Ponting , Baumann (CAN )
1990 : Cleveland , Gery , Tewksbury , Ponting (CAN )
1994 : Fydler , Rogers , Miller , Dewick (AUS )
1998 : Watson , Cowley , Huegill , Klim (AUS )
2002 : Welsh , Piper , Huegill , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Welsh , Rickard , Klim , Sullivan (AUS )
2010 : Delaney , Rickard , Huegill , Sullivan (AUS )
2014 : Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Brown (ENG )
2018 : Larkin , Packard , Irvine , Chalmers (AUS )
2022 : Williams , Wilby , Guy , Dean (ENG )